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PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905.

W. E. SMITH; TOY ELEVATOR. APPLIOAT IGN FILED NOV. 15, 1904.

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TQY ELEVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed November 15, 1904. Serial No. 232,818.

Be it known that 1, WILLI M H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county oi Vt' estchester, in theState oi' New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Ele 'ators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toy elevators; and the object of my invention is to provide am elevator of this kind which is simple in construction, operates perfectly, is easily manipulated, resembles a passenger or i'reight elevator very closely, and affords great amusement.

In the. accompanying drawings, in which like letters of: reference indicate like'parts in all the ligures, Figure l a side elevation of my improved elevator, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation oi the same, parts being broken out. Fig. 3 is a plan view, parts being broken away. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail seetionalviews oi the weightbox, showing the manner of throwing out the weight when the box arrives at the bottou'i, Figs. (3 and 7 are sectioiml views on the lines it 3%, Fig. 2}, showing the manner of admitting the weights into the weight-box.

The clevator-lran-ic is composed of the/two front uprights A and the two rear uprights B, which are connected at suitable intervals by crossties 0, representing the lloors. The uprights A and It are secured at their lower ends on a suitable base D, and at their upper ends are united by a top plate E ()n the top plate i twoupright pieces F are secured, in which. a re mounted three grooved pulleys-- to wit, the pulley G at the lront oi the ironic, the pulley ll. at the. rear, and the pulley J at or near the center, the latter pulley being mounted in a higher plane than the pulleys G and .U. Over these three pulleys a cord l-l is passed, from one end 01' which a box lJ is suspended, which represents the car, and

from the other end of which a \\'c.i ht-recei.vb

.ing box M. is suspended, which represents the counterweight of an ordinary elevator. The. "front standards A are provided on their inner sides with tongues N, which enter grooved pieces on the sides of the car 11 for the purpose of guiding the. same. in its up and down movement. The weight-hox M. is provided with curved arms 1, ..the ends of which pass into vertical side grooves N in the inner sides of the rear standards B for the urposc of guiding the weight-box, which is lhcated outside of the plane of said roan.

standards B, as shown in Fig. 1. The central pulley J is mounted on a shaft J, projecting beyond each of the two nprights F, and on each projecting end of said shaft two crossing blades J? are mounted, which thus form two fans, one at each side of'the uprights, for the'purpose of preventing too rapid movement of the parts. The cord K passes through an aperture 0 in the free end of an arm 0 on the upper end of a vertical shaft P, mounted in the base D and in the top plate E, so as to turn axially, and is provided at or near its lower end with a handle P, by which it can be turned. I t

An inclined gutter Q is attached to the outside of one front and one rear upright A and B and extends from near the front of the elevator-frame to the rear of the same and around a rear corner and terminates at the plane of the open side of the vertically1n0vable weight-box M. The. front of this gutter is open and the rear end is also open. An arm it is ivoted at R to a bracket projecting from t 1e outer side of the gutter Q at the rear end of the same, and this arm extends across this open end of the gutter. it is so pivoted that when the arm is lowered it prevents a ball or marble d in the gutter from dropping out of the open rear end. When this arin R is raised, it is elevated sufliciently from the bottom of the. gutter to permit the ball-or marble d to roll under this arin out of the rear 0 en end of the gutter.

A lever% is pivoted at S to the inner face of one of the rear standards B, and it is of such length that one end extends across the gutten The opposite end of this lever is connected by a pin S with the swinging end of the arm it, so that when one of the arms N" ol' the weight box in ascending strikes the bottom edge of the arm. it and lifts the Sttllltl'tllO rising end of this arnr it Will-lift the outer end of the lever S and force down the inner end, as shown in Fig. 7; which inner end passes in between the ball d n arrest the rear open end ol the gutter and the next adjacent ball, thus arresting this next adjacent ball for the time being, so as to prevent more than one ball from passing out of the gutter into the weight-box, as shown in Figs. :2 and 3 The Weight-box M is open at the side T facingthe open end of the gutter Q, and at thebottoin of this open side a ledge T is fen he'd, which when the weight-box M is geiised toitshighest position is on the level with the floor of the gutter Q, at the open rcar end of the same. A wedge-shaped piccc. 'l rests loosely upon the bottom of the weightbox M, the wider end of the wedge being as high as the ledge T and adjacent to the sa me.

A pin V projects from the smaller end of the wedge tlrough a vertical slot Y in the rear wall of the weight-box, and when the weightbox arrives in its lowermost position this pin strikes against an arm or obstruction at the bottom of the elevator-tranw, whereupon the wedge is lifted, as shown in Fig. 5, causing the .ball (Z to roll out of the hox-that is,

into the curved gutter or runway W on the base D, which gutter or runway extends to .the front of the elevator at the base and is 2 preferably closed by a hinged door W which is kept closed by a spring W".

The operation is as follows: The car L being heavier than the weight-box M when the latteris empty, the car descends under its own weight and lifts the weight-box, so that when the car has arrived at its lowest position the weight-box has arrived at the open rear end of the gutter Q. When an arm N strikes the pivoted arm K, it permits the ball at the open end of the gutter Q to roll from said gutter into the weight-box M and upon the wedge-piece'l which is in the 'osition shown in Fig. 4. The ball is thus he d in the weight-box in such a manner that it cannot roll out accidentally. is such that the weight of the car L is overcome, and the weight-box imnicdiately begins to descend, and the car is thus lifted. As has been described, the inner end of the lever S is swung down when the pivoted arm it is raised, and this inner end holds the balld next to the end. As soon as the box M. descends the pivoted arm it drops and is lo wercd across the 0 en end of the gutter Q, and at the same time t e inner end of the armb is raised, thus releasing the ball which is held, w .ch ball rolls a distance equal to the diamet: of one ball to the end of the gutter, where it is held by the pivoted arm it, which is now in the lowered position, as shown in Fig. 6. The box M descends until it arrives at the bottom. of the frame, whereupon the pin V strikes the stop or obstruction W, whereby the wcdgebiece T is tilted so as to cause the ball in the weight-box to roll out and into the gutter W, down which. it rolls toward the front of the apparatus. is soon as the ball has rolled out of the weight-box the car immediately begins to desc nd, the weight-box is raised to its highestpi,.-ltion,and another ball rolls into it, and so on, as long as there are balls in the upper gutter The halls are taken from the bottom gut- 5 tcr W and placed into the top gutterQ whenever the elevator is to operate. 'lhc clcvator can be stopped at any elevation by turningr the l ral\'-. --rod l. in either direction, as thereby the arm is swung inward or out- The weight of the ball 1 ward, and as the cord h passes through this arm suflicient friction is produced b the movement of this arm in either direction to stop the apparatus, thus enabling" the I child playing with the toy to stop the car whenever it wishes.

Having described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by lictters Patent, is v l. in a toy elevator. the combination with a vertical frame and pulleys at the top of the same, of a cord passed over the pulleys, receptacles attached to the opposite ends of the cord and guided to move on the vertical frame, a detached weight, means for auto matically delivering the weight into.one of said receptacles when the said receptacle is in its highest position thus supporting said weight entirely bysaid receptacle, and means for automatically discharging this weight from said receptacle, which means are losubstantially as sci forth.

2. In a toy elevator, the combination with a vertical frame and pulleys on thr same, of a cord passed over the pulleys. two receptacles suspended from the ends of said cord and guided in the vertical frame, a gutter at the top of the frame and a gutter at the bottom of the frame, a detached \\ei; 'lit, i1ieans at the top of the frame for automatically releasing the weight from the upper gutter into one of said rcccptacles, whereby said weight is supported entirely by said receptacle, and means at. the bottom gut tor for automatically discharging the weight from said receptacle into the bottom gutter, substantially as set forth.

3. In a toy elcva tor, the combination with a frame and pulleys on the same, of a cord passed over said pulleys, receptacles attached to the ends of the cord and guided in the frame, and a braltc for said cord, substantially as set forth.

*l. in a toy elevator, the combination with a frame and pulleys on the same, of a cord passed over said pulleys receptacles attaelu d to the ends of the cord and guided in the frame, an upright shaft mounted to turn axially, an arm on said shaft, which arm has an aperture through which said cord passes, substantially as set forth.

5. In a toy elevator, the combination with a frame and pulleys on the same, of a cord passed over the pulleys, receptacles attached to the ends of said cord and guided to move verticzilly in the said frame, a gutter at the upper part of the frame and having an open end, means at said open end of the gutter for tmnporarily closing the gutter, means on one of the said receptacles for opening said closing means, and a -dctached hall resting l l i j frame and retained in the same by the closmg means at the open end of said gutter,

, loosely in the gutter at the upper part of the catcd at the bottom of the vertical frame,

i the same, a ivoted lever mounted so as to soepso when said closing means closes the gutter, and which ball, when the gutter is temporaril open, can roll into one of the receptacles, su stantially as set forth.

6. In a to elevatonthe combination with a frame and ulleys on the same, of a cord passed over t e pulleys, receptacles attached to the ends of the cord and guided in the frame, a gutter in the upper part of the frame and having its rear end open, an arm ivoted at said rear end of the gutter to exten across be capable 0 extending into said gutter and located some distance from the above-mentioned pivoted arm and connected therewith, and means on one of said guidedreceptacles for lifting the pivoted arm, substantially as set forth,

7. In a tov elevator, the combination with a frame and ulleys on the same, of a cord passed over t e ulleys, two receptacles attached to the en s of the cord and guided in said frame, a gutter on the frame at the top and havin an open inner end, an arm. pivoted at said open end, means on one of the above-mentioned receptacles for lifting said arm, and a lever located at the gutter a short distance from said arm and pivoted to a suitable su )port and connected with the said arm, su stantially as set forth.

8. In a toy elevator,-the combination with a frame and ulleys on the same, of a cord passed over tli e pulleys, rece tacles attached. to the ends of the cord an frame, a Wedge-shaped piece of one receptacle and means guided in the in the bottom for raising said wedge-shaped piece when the receptacle arrives at its lowermost position, substantially as set forth.

9. In a to elevator, the combination with a frame and ulleys on the same, of a cord i passed over t 1e pulleys, receptacles attached l to-the ends of the cord and guided in the l frame, a wedge-shaped piece in one of the receptacles, a pin projecting from the narrower end of said piece, and a stop on the bottom i part of the frame, which said pin can contact with when the said receptacle, arrives at its lowermost position, substantially as set forth. 10. In a toy elevator, the combination-with a frame and pulleys on the same, of a cord passed over the pulleys, receptacles attached to the ends of the cord and guided in the side, a ledge at the bottom of said open side, a wedge-shaped iece restin on the bottom I of the receptac e, the this (er end of the wed e being at said ledge and of the same I lieig t as the ledge, a pin projecting from the j narrower end of said wedge, and a stop-piece in the bottom of the frame, with which stop- 5 piece the pin can contact to tilt the wedge when said receptacle arrives in its lowermost position, substantially as set forth.

! In testimony whereof have signed my 5 nan'ic to this specification, in the presence of f two subscribing witnesses, this 12th day of i November, 1904.

I WILLIAM ll. SMITH.

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